I know that when people die, there is nothing left. I'm just sad that I didn't see the reunification of China with my own eyes. )
Therefore, when the great Song Jun team recaptures the Central Plains, you will hold a home banquet ceremony. Don't forget to tell me the good news!
Don't forget to tell your father about it when the imperial army retakes the northern territory and worships the ancestors at home. )
Show children
Lu you
When you die, everything is empty,
But I'm sad to see Kyushu.
Julian Waghann Beiding Zhongyuan Day,
Family sacrifices will not be forgotten.
[Notes]
1. Show it to the sons.
2. but: only.
3. Kyushu Tong: Reunification of the motherland.
4. Central Plains: refers to the area north of Huaihe River that fell into the hands of Jin people.
5. Family sacrifice: ancestor worship.
6. Naion: Your father.
[Brief analysis]
Lu You, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, devoted his life to the just cause of resisting gold and recovering lost land. Although squeezed out and hit by capitulationists, patriotic enthusiasm never waned. The poem "Shizi" is a will written by the poet to his son at the last moment of his life, which expresses the poet's deep and strong patriotic passion of never forgetting the "Northern Central Plains" and reunifying the motherland until his death.